Professional Documents
Culture Documents
A-L
Phrase
M-Z
Example
A
acid rain
aerosol, spray
to affect
to ail
The huge trees had been ailing for years before they were cut down.
atmosphere
The Earth's atmosphere is a thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth.
to be aware
B
balance
biodegradable
biodiversity
biosphere
C
carbon
carbon dioxide
carbon monoxide
catalytic converter
catastrophe
to chop down
climate
coastal waters
Many bays and coastal waters have been contaminated with heavy
metals.
cooling agent
to combat
to contaminate
creature
D
death of the forests
to destroy
destruction
rainforests.
detergent
to die out
Animals are dying out far more often than you might think.
to diminish
dirt
to disappear
disaster
disposal
drought
During the long time of drought many rivers have dried up/parched.
to dump
dumping ground
dust
E
earthquake
On April 18, 1906, shortly after 5:00 am, a great earthquake struck San
Francisco.
ecology
ecosystem
emission
to emit
endangered
energy conservation
energy source
energy-efficient
environment
environmentalist
to erode
erosion
evolution
exhaust fumes
Over the past month officers have been stopping vehicles in Manchester to
test exhaust fumes.
to be exposed to
You risk skin cancer if you are often exposed to strong sunlight.
extinct
F
factory farming
famine
The Irish Famine of 1846-50 took as many as a million lives from hunger
and disease.
fertile
fertilizer
fume
fumes
The lava gives off clouds of toxic fumes as it flows into the Pacific Ocean.
G
geothermal
global warming
greenhouse effect
H
hardest hit
to harm
to be harmful
heat wave
heavy metal
Less heavy metal has been introduced by air into the Baltic Sea since the
1990s.
hydrocarbon
I
industrial waste
insulation
L
to leak
to load
The owners of the local factories are loaded with new environmental laws.